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Entergy Power repair crews head north on Interstate 55 in north Jackson, Miss., Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, as light snow mixed with sleet, and rain continue to cover much of the state. The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures barely hovering at 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and likely slipping into the single digits by Tuesday morning. A winter storm warning continues throughout the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Texas Dept. of Transportation crew removing ice and snow from roads and bridges. This photo was taken on Groves SH73

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Downtownn Beaumont was deserted early Monday morning as Southeast Texans awoke to frigid temperatures and iced cars and roadways after the arctic front moved in overnight. Photo taken Monday, February 15, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise

Schools extends campus closures through end of week

Southeast Texans awoke to frigid temperatures and iced cars and roadways Monday as the arctic front moved in overnight. Photo taken Monday, February 15, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise

Boil water notices issued

Entergy Power repair crews head north on Interstate 55 in north Jackson, Miss., Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, as light snow mixed with sleet, and rain continue to cover much of the state. The National Weather Service forecasts temperatures barely hovering at 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and likely slipping into the single digits by Tuesday morning. A winter storm warning continues throughout the state. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Utilities, industry grapple with cold

Billy Campbell serves chicken to Donald Bias as lunch is served at Victory Temple in Beaumont, which opened to those in need of shelter from the storm Saturday and will remain open through Friday morning. Bias has been living outside at the downtown bus station for three months sinnce completing his parole and having to leave the halfway house at which hhe had been staying. He suffers from multiple health conditions, has been running out of his medication, and receives only $265.00 a month from his railroad pension. "That isn't enough to pay for anything" to find housing, he says. Bias is still trying to get social security, and volunteers at the shelter are working to fill his prescriptions. When a volunteer came to the bus station Sunday, he was the only one who accepted the ride to the shelter. He says the dope some on the streets are smoking affects their judgement. "They aren't able to make the right decisions," he says, but as temperatures continued to worsen, he has since seen some arrive for shelter. "I'm staying put," he says, "I'm gonna stay here through Friday" before likely returning to the bus stop. Photo made Tuesday, February 16, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise

Schools close, shelters open as frigid temps persist

Snow and sleet dust the ground at Ave. A in Beaumont, Texas on the morning of Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. Photo by Kim Brent / Beaumont Enterprise

Jefferson County officials: Stay off the road

Southeast Texans awoke to frigid temperatures and iced cars and roadways Monday as the arctic front moved in overnight. Photo taken Monday, February 15, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise

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Jazmine Sanchez laughs as Daniela Uresti uses a spoon and small brush to try and scrape the ice from her vehicle as Southeast Texans awoke to frigid temperatures and iced cars and roadways Monday as the arctic front moved in overnight. Photo taken Monday, February 15, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise

Freeze closes schools, health clinics, roadways

Ice collects on palm fronds at Beaumont Botanical Gardens on Tuesday. Photo taken Tuesday 1/16/18 Ryan Pelham/The Enterprise

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Alert: South Carolina House Democrats walk out to protest bill that would ban nearly all abortions; measure expected to pass

Feb. 17, 2021Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 11:11 a.m.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina House Democrats walk out to protest bill that would ban nearly all abortions; measure expected to pass.